商品簡介
Is time finite or infinite? Did God create the universe in time, or did God create time? Have Jewish thinkers contributed a uniquely "Jewish" perspective on time? As part of her research devoted to exploring medieval attempts to reconcile tensions between philosophy, science, and theology, Rudavsky (philosophy and Jewish studies, Ohio State U.) weighs such questions pondered by Jewish philosophers as well as by their medieval Christian and Muslim peers. With rabbinic and Greek models of time and creation, the initial chapters lay a foundation for later pre-modern thinking primarily by Maimomides, Ibn Daud, Gersonides, and Spinoza. The seven basic line illustrations exemplify confrontations with Zeno's paradox. Portions of several chapters have appeared in preliminary form as separate articles. Extensively referenced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
T. M. Rudavsky is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at The Ohio State University. She is the editor of Divine Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy: Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Perspectives and Gender and Judaism: The Transformation of Tradition.
